American Herring Gull - Roshan Vignarajah
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Location

Trash Transfer Station- Howard County
Howard, Maryland, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 39.131563, -76.788422
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Vega/Non-American Herring candidate, 1st cycle Things that stood out: 1. Overall pale appearance to upperwing (including the greater coverts and scaps) 2. Rather extensive white tertial tips 3. Pale upper/undertail w/whitish outer retrices and uneven spotting on that outer retrix 4. Streaky-ish head and mottled upper breast 5. Overall pale underparts compared to AHGUs 6. Apparent pseudo-string-of-pearls on the primaries Obviously, this probably isn't 100% IDable and is also probably an American Herring. However, I think further inspection of this bird is warranted.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D7000
ISO
1000
Focal length
600 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/7.1
Shutter speed
1/2500 sec
Dimensions
4928 pixels x 3264 pixels
Original file size
6.22 MB